The Power of Shame

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"I would agree with that because like ideally I would want these tax evaders to serve prison time," he says. "There is no dose of shame that you can meet out, Well, you could have to wear the license plate saying you're a drunk driver for one year and then it gets taken off." He adds: "The very power of shame is that you're tagged now, right? Like it is as long lasting as people's memory".

David and Tamler welcome author and environmental science professor Jennifer Jacquet to the podcast to discuss the pros and cons of shame. What's the difference between shame and guilt? Is shaming effective for generating social progress or getting tax cheats to pay up? Is twitter shaming on the rise or on its way out? And what does David do when he's alone in the dark?

But before all of that, David and Tamler introduce a new way to support the podcast--through our Patreon account (patreon.com/verybadwizards). Plus, we discuss the retraction of a press release announcing that a professor agreed to referee a journal article (!) And can one passage get Tamler, the eternal optimist, to hate philosophy?

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